Child poverty
- Child poverty impact of South African budget limited by government structures and capacity
- J. Streak / Institute for Democracy in South Africa, 2003
- This budget brief assesses the extent to which the 2003 South African Budget addresses widespread child poverty and the delivery of children's socio-economic rights. It looks at both indirect channels (tax and spend proposals that are...
- Getting to grips with child poverty – the importance of non-income indicators
- Howard White; Jennifer Leavy; Andrew Masters / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
- Are we too reliant on northern approaches to measuring income poverty when considering poor children in developing countries? How should we quantify child poverty? Are the current ways of measuring child welfare accurate and appropria...
- Children in least developed countries: forever mired in poverty?
- id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
- No fewer than 191 countries have ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Why has political rhetoric not been matched by a commitment to mobilise resources and take action to deliver rights promised to children? What pol...
- What are the barriers to poor families sending children to school?
- S. Boyle; A. Brock; J. Mace; M. Sibbons / Department for International Development, UK, 2002
- This comparative research study focuses on the main barriers to education for the poorest households in Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Uganda and Zambia. Although the study set out primarily to look at the burden of education co...
- Policy or poverty? Links between child labour and educational failure
- Naila Kabeer / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- How can we understand the correlation between the incidence of child labour and poor school attendance and educational achievement? In South Asia, is it poverty that drives children into the workplace or is it policy failure which kee...
- Maternal and child healthcare reform in China: bypassing the poor?
- Rachel Tolhurst; Zhang Tuohong; Yang Hui; Gao Jun; Tang Shenglan / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- As China embraces the market economy, are inequalities in health services widening? Is China succeeding in its declared aim of establishing a regulatory health framework to protect the interests of the poor? How are institutions respo...
- Improving child nutrition in vulnerable urban households in Guatamala
- M.T. Ruel; B. Brière (de la); K. Hallman; A. Quisumbing; N. Coj / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2002
- This paper presents an evaluation and impact assessment (1998) of the urban Hogares Comunitarios Program (HCP), Guatemala, a government-sponsored pilot programme designed to alleviate poverty by providing working parents with low-cost...
- Can livestock play a protective role against land degradation and poverty in Ethiopia?
- M. Ghirotti / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 1998
- This study illustrates the role played by livestock in alleviating land degradation, poverty and the resulting child malnutrition in integrated farming systems in Ethiopia. It looks at the link between land dedgradation and child maln...
- African PRSPs from a child rights perspective
- S. Robinson / Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2003
- This document argues that a more prominent role should be given to child poverty issues in the southern African PRSP process. The PRSP’s contribution to reducing child poverty depends on: Location of childre...
- Child poverty and health linkages
- T. Harpham / Young Lives, 2002
- This working paper introduces the research plan of an international cohort study on child poverty and health. The study will follow up children born into poverty (plus a small number of non-poor for comparative purposes) in Eth...
- Child poverty impact of South African budget limited by government structures and capacity
- J. Streak / Institute for Democracy in South Africa, 2003
- This budget brief assesses the extent to which the 2003 South African Budget addresses widespread child poverty and the delivery of children's socio-economic rights. It looks at both indirect channels (tax and spend proposals that are...
- Getting to grips with child poverty – the importance of non-income indicators
- Howard White; Jennifer Leavy; Andrew Masters / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
- Are we too reliant on northern approaches to measuring income poverty when considering poor children in developing countries? How should we quantify child poverty? Are the current ways of measuring child welfare accurate and appropria...
- Children in least developed countries: forever mired in poverty?
- id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
- No fewer than 191 countries have ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Why has political rhetoric not been matched by a commitment to mobilise resources and take action to deliver rights promised to children? What pol...
- What are the barriers to poor families sending children to school?
- S. Boyle; A. Brock; J. Mace; M. Sibbons / Department for International Development, UK, 2002
- This comparative research study focuses on the main barriers to education for the poorest households in Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Uganda and Zambia. Although the study set out primarily to look at the burden of education co...
- Policy or poverty? Links between child labour and educational failure
- Naila Kabeer / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- How can we understand the correlation between the incidence of child labour and poor school attendance and educational achievement? In South Asia, is it poverty that drives children into the workplace or is it policy failure which kee...
- Maternal and child healthcare reform in China: bypassing the poor?
- Rachel Tolhurst; Zhang Tuohong; Yang Hui; Gao Jun; Tang Shenglan / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- As China embraces the market economy, are inequalities in health services widening? Is China succeeding in its declared aim of establishing a regulatory health framework to protect the interests of the poor? How are institutions respo...
- Improving child nutrition in vulnerable urban households in Guatamala
- M.T. Ruel; B. Brière (de la); K. Hallman; A. Quisumbing; N. Coj / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2002
- This paper presents an evaluation and impact assessment (1998) of the urban Hogares Comunitarios Program (HCP), Guatemala, a government-sponsored pilot programme designed to alleviate poverty by providing working parents with low-cost...
- Can livestock play a protective role against land degradation and poverty in Ethiopia?
- M. Ghirotti / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 1998
- This study illustrates the role played by livestock in alleviating land degradation, poverty and the resulting child malnutrition in integrated farming systems in Ethiopia. It looks at the link between land dedgradation and child maln...
- African PRSPs from a child rights perspective
- S. Robinson / Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2003
- This document argues that a more prominent role should be given to child poverty issues in the southern African PRSP process. The PRSP’s contribution to reducing child poverty depends on: Location of childre...
- Child poverty and health linkages
- T. Harpham / Young Lives, 2002
- This working paper introduces the research plan of an international cohort study on child poverty and health. The study will follow up children born into poverty (plus a small number of non-poor for comparative purposes) in Eth...
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